U.S. EPA makes important announcement on pesticide
EPA made an important and long-awaited announcement September 6 when it banned future sales of the highly neurotoxic apple pesticide azinphos-methyl (AZM), also known as Guthion. This is particularly good news for rural families, farmworkers and children headed back to school. Guthion residues are found on over 30% of U.S. apples.
Elephants Dying in Epic Frenzy as Ivory Fuels Wars and Profits
In 30 years of fighting poachers, Paul Onyango had never seen anything like this. Twenty-two dead elephants, including several very young ones, clumped together on the open savanna, many killed by a single bullet to the top of the head. Africa is in the midst of an epic elephant slaughter. Conservation groups say poachers are wiping out tens of thousands of elephants a year, more than at any time in the previous two decades, with the underground ivory trade becoming increasingly militarized.
For farmers in the western U.S., oil and gas wells are thirsty rivals
A new race for water is rippling through the drought-scorched heartland, pitting farmers against oil and gas interests, driven by new drilling techniques that use powerful streams of water, sand and chemicals to crack the ground and release stores of oil and gas.
